Toy



Patented Nov. 11, 1924.

f; STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SVEND PETERSEN, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOY.

Application med May 7, 1924. serial No. 71i,544.

T0 all ywhom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SVEND Pn'rnRsnN, a*

subject of the King of Denmark, whose residence and post-ofiice address is 4708 Commonwealth Avenue, Detroit, -county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have in-l small cost.

'V'th the above and other objects in view, the invention consistsof the novel features of construction, combination and'arrange ments of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accomn panying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views, and in which y Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tube enclosing a piece of toy, said tube forming part of same.

Figure 2 is a transverse section on line Av-A of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of an inner tube inserted in Fig. l'and upon which the spring is coiled; Fig. 4 is a perspective v'iew of a parachute; Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the top plate .of said parachute, with the covering removed; Fig. 6 is'a detail view of the springcompressing bar with the seat attached.

Referring in detail to the drawings 10 designates a cylindrical tube, made of pasteboard, and having a flat closed bottom and an vopen top, which top when the device is not in use, may be closed by a cover 11, said cover having flanges tting snugly to said tube, and may be loosely secured to same by a string 20. The tube 10 has on each side longitudinal recesses, diametrically disposed,

as shown at'l2; said recesses have at their lower end enlarged portions to form a stop notch 13. A trigger or lever 14 is pivotallvl secured by a tag to said tube on eachside of said notch. In Fig. 3 is shown an inner tubel, preferably made of thin sheet metal, and which has its lower end resting at the bottom oftube 10; said inner tube has longitudinal recesses 12EL symmetrical' with those indicated at 12. `The tube l5 is considerably shorter than tube 10 as indicated at 16 and has a considerably less width thereby giving space for a coiled 'spring 17 which is wound around said inner tube. This spring is kept in place by a spring compressing bar 18, which has its ends projecting from said tube 10 through recesses 12 and which has an annular seat l9fastened'thereon by means of screws 21.

terial; it is provided with a central openling 22 and is adapted to. slide down inside This seat is made of hard rubber, but may be made of any suitable ma the inner tube when the spring by means y of the bar 18 is compressed'.

A parachute shown in Fig. 4 comprises an annular top plate 23, preferably *madel of hard rubber, said top plate has perforations adjacent to the edge thereof, vsaid perforations being arranged in circular order as indicated at 24. To this top plate is fastened loosely by way. of said perforations, thin Wires 25 of equal length, which wires have their ends twisted upon themselves thereby forming a loop at each end; the upper 'loo attaches the wire to said top plate as indicated at 24, while the lower loops 26 are connected to elastic strings 27. These elastic strings, all of the same length, are with their free ends fastened to an annular base-seat, or gondola, 28, preferably made of rubber and having a central opening as indicated at 29.

The parachute is covered with a thin fabric 30, which fabric is fastened by a few stitches of thread to the top plate and wireribs. On the base-seat 28 is placed a small doll 31 made -of rubber or any suitable ma- ,is folded together' it may be placed in the upper part of tube 10; the base-seat 28 being of the same dimensions as. the seat 19 will then rest on this, and sink somewhat into said inner tube 10 when the spring 17 is compressed.

By force of the fingers applied to the bar 18 the spring 17 may be compressed to an extent that the projecting ends of the bar may be pushed into the notch 13. -By pullingthe trigger 14 the spring compressing bar 18 will be released, causing the spring v vto expand and the impetus imparted thereby through the seat 19 to the base-seat of the parachute'vvill throw this a considerable' distance up in the air. ,Falling down the weight of the doll and the base-seat 28 vvill cause the parachute Y to unfold quickly, whereater it Will descend slowly.

`llllhile ll have shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the various elements, it will be vunderstood that the invention is susceptible` to a great many minor modifications Without departing from the essential feature or sacrificingf any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described the invention what is` claimed is: l

l. A. device of the character described, in combination, a double tube, a coiled spring a inserted between said tubes, means for compressing said coiled spring, and a gondola attached to a parachute, said .gondola and parachute, when collapsed, being adapted to slide loosely into the upper part oi said tubes, as specied.

2. A device ofthe character described comprising an outer-tube, or case, having an inner tube essentially cylindrical in shape,`

both i with longitudinal recesses elongated into stop notches at their lower end, a spring compressing bar with a seat attached thereto,

a spring releasing lever pivotally secured to said outer tube, and a parachute, said parachute having a cover of thin fabric, a top plate With perforations, Wires loosely connected thereto, elastic strings having one end connected to said Wires and the other end to a gondola or base-seat', substantially' as shown and described.

lln testimony whereof, ll lhave hereunto set my hand.

SVlENlD PETERSEN. 

